Common Law - Netflix

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Harvard-trained Latino attorney John Alvarez defies all expectations
with his witty and nonconformist attitude. The comedy series depicts his
character struggling to fit in the upscale corporate culture as well as
his parents' blue-collar world. Although he works for a prestigious
Manhattan law firm, John remains loyal to his traditional Queens, New
York upbringing, and he never lets his success get in the way of his
family and childhood friends. Living and working together with his
beautiful attorney girlfriend Nancy Slaton has its advantages, but it's
a romance kept secret from the firm which has strictures against dating
co-workers. Nancy is a fun-loving, intelligent perfectionist with a good
heart. Since she is very much in love with John and quite the opposite
of him, her conservative Upper East Side upbringing balances her
relationship with her no-rules boyfriend. John has always been more of a
leader than a follower, as his father, Luis Alvarez, would tell you. As
a working class barber who owns a barber shop in Queens, Luis is very
proud of his lawyer son. He is John's biggest fan, but his old-world
ways sometimes put him at odds with his unconventional son.

Type: Scripted

Languages: English

Status: Ended

Runtime: 30 minutes

Premier: 1996-09-28

Common Law - English law - Netflix

English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales,
comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own
courts and procedures.

Common Law - British jurisdictions - Netflix

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland comprises three
legal jurisdictions: England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Although Scotland and Northern Ireland form part of the United Kingdom
and share the Parliament at Westminster as the primary legislature, they
have separate legal systems. Scotland became part of the UK over 300
years ago, but Scots law has remained remarkably distinct from English
law. The UK's highest civil appeal court is the Supreme Court of the
United Kingdom, whose decisions are binding on all three UK
jurisdictions, as in Donoghue v Stevenson, a Scots case that forms the
basis of the UK's law of negligence.